Corset and similar garment



. luly l, 1930. G. A, BARCLEY GORSETYAND SIMILAR GRMENTv Filed Deo. 8, 1925 5 `Sheets-Shes?. l

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ATTORNEYS.

July l, 1 930. G. A. BARCLEY l CORSET AND SIMILAR GARMENT AFiled DecfS, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 mwm;

` ATTORNEYS,

@hilly-1,.1930.l G- A. BARCLEY 1,769,34

CORSET AND SIMILAR GARMENT Filed Decf, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 `Patented July l, 1930 fl UNITED STATES PAranfrfom?!caffv GAYLRDA. :BAR-Cinner soUirIionANeE, NEW'JERSEY j consum AND SIMCLAR GABMENT i 'Application ed 'Decemberf8, `1925. Sera1v No.74,109.

This invention relatesto a corset or the likeprovided withfan inner abdominal sup port lconnectedat its opposite endsto the ybody of the garment by a vertical series of adjusting straps for positioning the support so that it will properly support the wearer at different parts ofitself verticallly of the body. Heretofore, suoli vstraps havev "extended through slits at the iront `of the garment lto buckles .uponthe outside of said front,-so that the buckleswand freer ends of the straps therebeyond werey exyposed and sometimesy showed through the.

wearers gown.

Thel objects to, secure a construction by which the adjustable .straps for the abdominal support and the buckles of said' straps, are insidey the garment, so as to be covered and concealed thereby, and yet said straps firmly supported and securely positioned to prevent any possecure a ypleasing appearance vin this type of' garment, and greatcomfort, `and to obtain other advantages and results as may. bei

brought out by the following description. I Referring tothe accompanying drawings, in which like characters of referenceindicate the same parts throughout the several v1ews,' 1

Figure 1 is 'aview vof a vWearerputting on a corset brassire embodying. myr invention;V

Figure 2l is a front view of the garment as lit appears on the wearer;

line 3 3, Fig. 2,-and line 5f-3, Fig. 4; n Figure 4 is afront view showing the body .ofthe garment openedinto'a planeand ditil the abdominal support is lattenedout in a plane l Figure is a verticaljsection on line 5 5, Fig. 4.9, loollng'in the direction indicated, il-k scale. .r

kof thepresent invention are Figure 3 yis a cross-sectional View upon vided at its back lon a verticale central liner' to allow the divided parts to draw apart un- I a fwhole upon their Aattaching flap;`

Figure 6 is a perspectiveviewrof tachment of one vof the straps, the middle one, to said Hap, and

strap and being a portion of Fig. Bon larger 1n.saiddrawingdl indicates the portion of a corset brassirew adapted to -encircle a wearer and having lacings 2, 2 at its ysides under the arms and adj acent hookfandeye connections 3, 3 justv forward of said Y lacings. A pad. or support 4- s provided for the` abdomen of the wearer,qat the inside .lustratingv the adj ustability of. the: das". uit' at Figure y7 is va vdetail sectional viewA of thev same, taken rlongitudinally ythrough th( of lthe body lof the garment, and strapsy 'l are'shown at the oppositeends of'said vsupport by which it can lbe adjusted and. positioned. Three of these strapsare shown.:v

at each end of the support, 5, 6 and 7 at one Figure t, but any other'number could be employed, if desired. Those at one end are `just like thoseiat the other end, exceptthat;

` end and 8, 9k and 10 at the other end, see .Y

at one end each of the straps, as 5, 6 and 7 4 -isdetachably securedto the support independently oi the othersas will be more itullyv explained hereinafter.

I The said straps of eachset extend rear-.ggf

ward at the side vof Athe wearer, from` the dividual buckles 11, 12-and 13 so that the free `ends lll, l15, 16 and`v 17,` 18, 19 of the cess for adjustment. and 22 ofthe straps 18, 9 and 10 are shown extending across 'thefrontofthe support '4 andy secured theretoas by stitching, as isi preferable but not essential, and the buckles .ends ofthe support 4:, and pass through instraps. return forward toward the front of,5 i

the wearer where they are convenient of Vacf Continuations` 20,v 21 Y 11, 12and13.y are shown of the-well-.known 'According to my invention the setsof buckles 11, 12,3Jnd-13 me arranged: inside kind having a biting `edge v2 3 land sliding n :bar 24, see Figure 6, although any `other suitable kind might be employed. f9.5

the body portion 1 of the garment so that body portion, and I have shown this-aca:

they Vwillbe covered and concealed by; sa id`fy y i and 271, to the inside of an attaching-piece n 31 which is in turn stitched, as at 311, to the outside of the flap 2S. By this arrangement, the tabs are properly and permanently vlocatedwith respect to one another and yet they can vbe shifted as a whole up and down, on lthe garment by ripping olf Ithe attaching-piece 31 and sewing it onto the flap again higher up ory lower down. though garments of this type are usually made to order upon measurements, it sometimes happens that a wearer wishesla'ter to shift the support up or down, and'my improved construction enables this to be done.

. It will be noted that the stitchingssr251,` 261 and 271 extend only through the attach-v l ing piece 31 and adjusting fastenings or tabs 25, 26 and 27, while the stitching 311 which Vbut also through the flap 28.

secures the attaching piece 31 to the flap .28 extends not only through said attaching piece andv fastenings or "tabs 25, 26 and 27 When the attaching piece is ripped off, therefore, for adjuslment up or down, only the stitching '311 which unites the adjusting fastenings or tabs 25, 26 and 27 with the flap, is severed,

andthe other stitchings 251, 261- and 271. of

the fastenings or tabs 225, 26 and 27 to the attaching piece 31 are not disturbed.

With the attaching-piece in position, the

" garment is put on by a wearer as shown in v Figure 1, and the support 4 adjustedby the manipulation ofthe several straps indi- V"vidually to exact-ly the position the wearer desires it, and then the body portion fastened in place to cover said support.` Thereafter,

in every-day wear,'the straps lat one endof the support are disengaged from the supportr and reengaged therewithby the detachable e means previously"referred to herein, theA buckles being loosened to permit such disengagement and tightened again after-reengageinent. Said detachable means connect the straps at said end ofthe support to said support each independently of the others, as set forth in my copending application Serial Y No 74,108, filed herewith, to which reference may be had for fuller description, if desired. Briefly, each of the straps 5, 6 and 7 is provided at its end next the support 4 with a member 32 adapted -to separably engage a jcooperating member 33 on thev support,

Figure 6, sothat by disengaging said mem- *ber for each strap in turn the support t is released and the garment canY be removed and puton again coat-wise. By .my present improved adjusting means, wholly within the body portion of the garment, perfect adjustment of the support canbe made with it fully exposed and open to view before the body rportion is closed, and great comfort obtained. VThen when said body portion is closed it Covers the support and if properly adjusted bythe lacings 2, 2 reinforces it, the outward appearancev in no way disclos-Y ing the support. l Y j VVhileI lhave shown my improvements as appliedto a corset brassire, this has been done for convenience only, and ofcourse they can be employed with corsets and similar garments of any kind to which they vare applicable. Also, various modifications may be made in manufacturing said improvements, without' departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention, and therefore l'V do not` desire to be understood as limiting myself lexcept Vasrequired by the `following claims when .construed inthe lightpof the vprior art.V Y L y Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: Y

1. The combination in a corsetor similar garment having an inside abdominal support, of a flap at the inside of the garment and the-inside of the garment.

2. The combination in acorset or similar garment having an abdominal support, of a llap secured at one edge to Athe body" ofthe garment and having its opposite edge free andV projecting. toward said support, an attaching-piece sew'ed upon4 the free portion of said flap at a distance from-its securedv edge, and adjusting fasteners for the support secured Vto said p attachingpiece' .by means independent of the stitching securing the attaching piece to the flap,whereby said fastenerscan withoutdisturbing their relations to each other beY shifted as a whole upon the flap by removing the attaching piece and replacing it.

3.5The combination in a corsetor'similar garment having zin-abdominal support, of a flap secured at one edgetokthe bodyv of the garment and havingits opposite. edgefree and projecting toward vsaid support, adjust-V ing fasteners for, the support, an attaching piecesecur'ed by stitching to lthe outer `ends of4 said fasteners, and other stitching inde pendent of the. first-mentionedstitchingfsccuring the attaching piece and fasteners tov Vthe flap whereby saidfasteners can without disturbing their relations to each other be shiftedas a whole .upon the flap by removing the attaching piece and replacing it.

GrAYlLiORD,A AQ BARCLEY.

secured at one edge-thereto and having its i 

